Apollonides In reply to EthanRedOtter [2018-08-21 02:15:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Apollonides In reply to EthanRedOtter [2016-11-03 13:55:45 +0000 UTC]

Hey Ethan,

Thank you. I didn't notice until now that you had sent the Happy Birthday message, I glanced at it and assumed it was automatically generated by deviantart.com. My apologies.

Apollonides

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Apollonides In reply to Arminius1871 [2015-10-04 20:01:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Arminius1871. I'm going to submit two illustrations shortly.

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Arminius1871 In reply to Apollonides [2015-10-05 06:35:32 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic, just be sure to choose the right folder, looking forward to your excellent arts!

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Apollonides In reply to Arminius1871 [2015-10-05 13:29:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Will do.

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Apollonides In reply to Orphydian [2015-03-28 16:40:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your invitation. Yes, I'd like to join your group. I will see if I can find time to finish that painting. I was really struggling with it for months trying to get the colors and lighting to look right and keeping the rows of soldiers separate. That was my first battle scene. Anyway I'm basically concentrating on mastering the basics of digital painting and getting production speed up to the point that I'm confident to take on regular commissions and meet deadlines as a pro illustrator and potentially a concept artist. So I'm moving on to other works that can be cranked out more quickly for the time being. We'll see if I get back to it. I have a somewhat more updated version I need to upload.

The references for the historical context are Wikipedia articles, and for the arms and armor I relied mostly on Peter Conolly's Greece and Rome at War and Warfare in the Classical World by John Warry. It portrays a hypothetical battle between troops of Diodotus I Soter and Seleucid troops in the mid 3rd century. (I'm not sure if you looked at the description in my portfolio, zsmithart.daportfolio.com/gall… , as opposed to my gallery) Whether Antiochus II Theos was still alive when Diodotus began his rebellion is unclear from what I can understand. So this particular war is a bit obscure. I was drawn mainly to the idea of such a dramatic scene. Fucking elephant warfare in the Hindu Kush mountains!!

Sorry for my verbosity.

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Orphydian In reply to Apollonides [2015-03-28 17:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Yup the hellenistic era is the most fascinating imo, even from the roman pov. Legndary feuds and generals, large scale miliatry operations etc. , some of the most finest diplomacy   , the first colides between romans and hellenistic kingdoms.  Damn they should make a movie on this era.

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Apollonides In reply to Wolfenstein2552 [2014-12-23 02:09:58 +0000 UTC]

I like the costume design reminds a bit of the "Winkie guards" from the Wizard of Oz. Thank you for the fave as well.

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Apollonides In reply to JoeSlucher [2014-06-19 17:27:45 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely! I like your style. I noticed that you live in the Cincinnati area. So do I. I'm trying to get started in Concept Art and Illustration and am teaching myself digital painting right now.

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JoeSlucher In reply to Apollonides [2014-06-19 20:06:36 +0000 UTC]

You should check out cincyillustrators.blogspot.com to see other artists in the area.

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Apollonides In reply to JoeSlucher [2014-06-20 19:48:14 +0000 UTC]

I'd never seen that before. Thanks!

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